Smallholder farmers across East Africa are being offered a new route to finance climate-resilient agriculture through the Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism, known as ARCAFIM. Launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Equity Group at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali, the US$200 million initiative will support farmers and rural…
Author: Markel Zilla
Southern Africa’s renewable energy market appears to be entering a new phase, with companies increasingly looking to package solar, storage and flexibility into products designed around specific customer needs.
Modernising power systems remains a critical development priority in emerging economies. Most countries face the challenge of balancing affordable energy access, providing energy security and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Africa’s climate challenge is becoming an economic and development issue that governments, investors and international institutions can no longer treat separately from growth planning. The 2026 report New Data for Africa’s Changing Climate: Mapping Risks, Readiness and Policy Action, prepared through work involving the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Sahel and West…
Published byJessica Casey, EditorEnergy Global, Wednesday, 02 Sep 26
Updates about the Australian veterinarian who helped set up the veterinary and conservation training initiative Rhino Connect, plus H5N1 in Australia.
The profile of social activism in North Africa is changing. Young people in the region shifted away from demanding regime change after the thwarted hopes of the 2011 Arab uprisings and the 2019 Hirak movement in Algeria. Now, they tend to seek practical improvements in their social and economic conditions rather than wholesale political reform.
Swedfund’s investment will expand financing for companies delivering climate benefits but struggling to access suitable debt. (Image
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(Bloomberg) — Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy.
